Patents by Inventor Bruce P. Block

Bruce P. Block has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microfabricated thermal modulator for comprehensive 2D gas chromatography
    Patent number: 8607615
    Abstract: A two-dimensional gas chromatography system having first and second separation columns, a thermal modulator disposed between the first and second columns and having a plurality of stage channels, and a micro heater monolithically integrated in the thermal modulator. The thermal modulator is operable to trap and focus gas/vapor species within the plurality of stage channels upon cooling and release the gas/vapor species to the second column upon heating by the micro heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Sung Jin Kim, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Kensall D. Wise, Edward T. Zellers, Bruce P. Block
  • MICROFABRICATED THERMAL MODULATOR FOR COMPREHENSIVE 2D GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20110088452
    Abstract: A two-dimensional gas chromatography system having first and second separation columns, a thermal modulator disposed between the first and second columns and having a plurality of stage channels, and a micro heater monolithically integrated in the thermal modulator. The thermal modulator is operable to trap and focus gas/vapor species within the plurality of stage channels upon cooling and release the gas/vapor species to the second column upon heating by the micro heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Sung Jin Kim, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Kensall D. Wise, Edward T. Zellers, Bruce P. Block
  • Thermal modulation for gas chromatography
    Patent number: 7293449
    Abstract: A thermal modulator device for gas chromatography and associated methods. The thermal modulator device includes a recirculating fluid cooling member, an electrically conductive capillary in direct thermal contact with the cooling member, and a power supply electrically coupled to the capillary and operable for controlled resistive heating of the capillary. The capillary can include more than one separate thermally modulated sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ernest F. Hasselbrink, Mark Libardoni, Kristine Stewart, legal representative, J. Hunter Waite, Bruce P. Block, Richard D. Sacks, deceased
  • Thermal modulation for gas chromatography
    Patent number: 7284409
    Abstract: A thermal modulator device for gas chromatography and associated methods. The thermal modulator device includes a cooling member, an electrically conductive capillary in direct thermal contact with the cooling member, and a power supply electrically coupled to the capillary and operable for controlled resistive heating of the capillary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ernest F. Hasselbrink, Mark Libardoni, Kristine Stewart, legal representative, J. Hunter Waite, Bruce P. Block, Richard D. Sacks, deceased